Landlord Law Services

Legal help, services and support for private residential landlords

 

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Since 2001 Landlord Law has been helping landlords in England & Wales UK manage their property within the law:

 

Landlord Law is here to:

  • Help you understand your legal obligations and
  • Provide online help and documentation, so you can
  • Save money by doing things yourself,
  • Without making expensive mistakes.
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Our main service is our Landlord Law membership service (described below).
For other products and services please see the Landlord Law shop.

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Quick news updates

Keep up to date with our landlord legal news items.  See below the most recent six updates:

Haringey council fines 16 letting agencies £100k

The companies were fined under the Consumer Rights Act 2015 for breaching Client Money Protection rules and failing to display clear fees.

Council makes shock move to seize control of landlord’s rental properties

In an unprecedented move, Merton Council has forcibly taken over the long-term running of a landlord’s rental properties after he repeatedly failed to license them.

CEO reveals why rent guarantor firm has launched on AIM Stock Exchange

Paul Hoy tells The Neg the banning of rent in advance within the Renters’ Rights Bill is likely to create a significant increase in demand for rent guarantor service like his.

Pet damage insurance launch offers first ‘dual cover’ for landlords

Pet damage insurance launch offers first ‘dual cover’ for landlordsDespite the Government doing a U-turn on allowing landlords to request tenants get pet damage insurance, Total Landlord has now launched its product into the market.

Report challenges myths of greedy rich landlords amid pressure of regulations

Despite the media narrative of landlords lining their pockets with cash, more than half (51%) of individual private landlords report gross income of less than £10,000, according to Savills.

Letting agent banned for three years after threatening unlawful eviction

A letting agent has been barred from operating in the property sector for three years after threatening to unlawfully evict a tenant with a young family.

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What our members say:

A very useful service if you are a landlord managing your own property. Clearly explains and provides documents for legalities required. Highly recommended.

D Baird
D Baird Landlord
As a completely new landlord I found this an easily accessible resource which provided clear information. I used it especially for tenancy agreements and when I had a query it was answered swiftly and effectively.
Catriona Whyte
Catriona Whyte Landlord
This service is fantastic, the site is easy to use, navigate and the processes and letters are outstanding, even someone with no prior experience of being a landlord or legal experience can use it.

Marianne Brown
Marianne Brown Landlord
I would thoroughly recommend this service, as it seems to be fairly unique in the breadth and depth of information available, as well as providing access to a qualified expert for bespoke guidance when required.
Julian Cripps
Julian Cripps Landlord
Landlord Law empowers me to operate as a landlord par excellance. I highly recommend this service to anyone who lets property, because it enables one to relate to tenants correctly, with confidence and precision.
J C Brelstaff
J C BrelstaffLandlord
I've been a member of for at least 15-20 years. To me it's an extremely valuable, unbiased and trustworthy source for the knowledge required to manage my properties according to good practice and in compliance with the (increasingly complex) law.
Rene Crevel
Rene Crevel
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What do you get with Landlord Law Membership?

Here are the five main services:

Our unique Property Audit Kit

Check that you are compliant with the rules and regulations which apply to the Private Rented Sector. All new members should do an audit as soon as they join. You should then carry out an audit annually.

But why not take a look and see for yourself? View the first section here.

Legal Information and Guidance

Use our five checklists (with different versions for England and Wales) to guide you through the process of setting up and managing a tenancy - from preparing the property for letting to dealing with end-of-tenancy issues.

Checklists link out to the extensive content on Landlord Law, including our FAQ, articles, step-by-step guides and our Property Inspection and Changing Tenants kits. There is also a detailed eviction guide.

Documents

All the documents you need for managing your property - such as tenancy agreements (or occupation contracts for Welsh members), pet permission forms, guarantee forms, notices (including possession notices), draft letters, meter readings and rent arrears forms.

Our tenancy agreements are particularly popular!

Training

It is essential that landlords keep up to date with the law. As a member, you get monthly training webinars with Tessa, other solicitors, barristers and other experts. Recordings are made available to view later (Business Level members only).

Business Level members also have access to recordings of some of our past workshops and training days, and our CPD service. Check out the training on offer.

Forum support

If you have a problem which is not covered by our extensive site information, you can pop a question on the forum and solicitor Tessa Shepperson will respond, normally within 24 hours.

For more complex problems members can book a (pay extra) telephone advice call with one of our panel solicitors.

Note that our service ONLY covers England and Wales UK.  We cannot help landlords in other countries.

All Landlord Law content has been personally drafted or approved by specialist landlord and tenant solicitor Tessa Shepperson.

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Landlord Law is a huge site with a massive amount of information and help for landlords.

See the following pages below for more information on the different services we offer:

What is your problem?

See if we can help with your particular problem.

The Rent Arrears Action Plan

Read about our special section on dealing with rent arrears.

Tenancy Agreements

Read about our tenancy agreement service

Eviction Guide

Find out about our step-by-step guide to evicting tenants through the courts.
(Business Level members only)

See how you can save money

And find out if self-managing your properties is right for you.

Which Landlord Law is right for you?

Find out about the different levels of membership.

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What else does Landlord Law offer me?

Free Weekly Bulletin

Sign up for our free weekly bulletin, which will keep you up to date with the news and all our services and special offers? Sign up here.

The Landlord Law Shop

See the Landlord Law Shop for our courses, kits and documents. Many of which, are included in Landlord Law membership.

Free content

Landlord Law is essentially a paid-for subscription service, but that does not mean that there is not a lot of useful help and guidance you will find here free of charge! Including:

The Top Tips

The Tenancy Trail

Which Tenancy Agreement?

Which Possession Proceedings?

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Cymorth i landlordiaid Cymreig
Help for Welsh landlords

New legislation came into force in December 2022, which is different from English law in many respects.  We have detailed guidance for Welsh landlords and occupation contracts for you to use.

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Note that our service ONLY covers England and Wales UK.  We cannot help landlords in other countries.

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Clear, detailed and relevant advice on a range of issues. I got what I needed and was alerted to other issues I didn't realise I needed to be on top of!
Tim Hewitt
Tim Hewitt Landlord
The Landlord Law service is excellent, very easy and straight forward to use and gives people who don't know where to start to confidence to become a landlord on their own.
Charlotte
Charlotte Landlord
Even with managing only one property it can be a complete minefield keeping up with changes in legislation, tenancy checks and rent disputes. Landlord Law certainly makes the whole process a lot less stressful, with access to a wealth of information and knowledge. Thanks Tessa.
Eric Walton
Eric Walton Landlord
I have been a member of Landlord Law for over ten years and have found the advice, information and forms extremely helpful.
Patricia Newland
Patricia Newland Landlord
"I’ve been in the lettings industry since the early ‘90s and have seen a lot of changes so it’s very reassuring to know there’s one place to go for dependable, accurate information and documents. Great website and very professional all-round service."
Mark C (London)
Mark C (London) Landlord
I joined as a newby landlord, knowing very little. I found the service to be helpful, thorough, comprehensive and easy to use - even for me! Having the latest tenancy format always available was extremely useful over many years.
Brian Dee
Brian Dee Landlord
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Join Landlord Law

Choose from 4 plans. Starting at £25/month

Basic Membership

A slightly cheaper membership for experienced landlords who need less support.

£250/yearly or £25/monthly
  • Check you are compliant with the law with our Audit Kit.
  • Create documents with our easy to use ‘document generator’ and store them in our Cloud.
  • Unlimited use of Plain English style tenancy agreements, plus possession notices, letters & other forms.
  • Includes guidance and forms for Welsh property.
  • Step by step checklists to guide you through the landlord process.
  • Rent Arrears Action Plan – help from day 1 if tenants don’t pay.
  • Guide for landlords experiencing problems with their letting agent.
  • Numerous FAQ, articles and step by step guides.
  • Monthly live training webinars and training discounts
  • Members discussion forum (were you can ask Tessa quick questions).
  • 30 day moneyback guarantee.
SIGN UP for Basic Annual £250
SIGN UP for Basic Monthly £25

Business Membership

Enjoy full access to all Landlord Law services.  Particularly suitable for landlords looking to evict.

£300/yearly or £30/monthly
ALL BASIC LEVEL FEATURES included, plus:
  • ‘Do it Yourself’ County Court Eviction Guide* – save money and get it right (find out more about our eviction service here).
  • CPD service – opportunity to earn 1 hours CPD per month (12 hours p.a.).
  • Access to online training courses (e.g. consumer law for landlords & letting agents, and our possession proceedings and HMO training).
  • View recordings of the monthly training webinars
  • View recordings of past Landlord Law Conference talks.
  • One FREE 30 minutes advice call with Tessa
    Shepperson for full price annual members.
  • 30 day moneyback guarantee.
SIGN UP for Business Annual £300
SIGN UP for Business Monthly £30
  • Payment for all membership types can ONLY be made via our online system by credit or debit card. We do not accept membership payments via BACS, cash or cheque.
  • All members will automatically receive a VAT receipt for payments made.
  • When you join Landlord Law, this will set up a recurring payment so your membership continues smoothly. But you can cancel this whenever you wish to end your membership.
  • If after joining, you decide Landlord Law is not right for you, you can cancel and get a full refund via our 30-day money back guarantee
  • Terms and conditions apply.
  • If you want multiple memberships for your staff (or just for two or more people), please see our Teams Page.
  • Find out more about Membership.
  • Sign up for our FREE weekly bulletin – which goes out Tuesday mornings
  • Read the FREE ‘Critical Legal Update’ posts on our News Blog
  • Watch our Monthly Training Webinars – a special service for members only. All training webinars are with legal experts or experienced trainers.
  • Try our face to face training – occasional workshops and online training days. We can also provide ‘in-house’ training for organisations.
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